Knowledge levels of student nurses about intravenous catheter care

Aim: The aim at the study is to examine it is planned with the aim to measure the knowledge and behavior of nursing students about intravenous catheter care and to make suggestions to improve the knowledge and behavior levels of the students in line with the study results. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a descriptive study with 211 nursing students who continued their studies at Florence Nightingale Hospital School of Nursing at Istanbul Science University and accepted to research. The data were gathered by the questionnaire form with the approval of the institution and approval of the ethics committee. The questionnaires were evaluated using the SPSS (Statistical Program For Social Sciences ) 22.0 program Findings: The scores of the knowledge level assessment form for the intravenous catheter nursing of the student nurses were found as 20,15 ± 2,349, a statistically significant difference was found according to socio-demographic comparison according to gender and prior education regarding intravenous catheter care (p <0,05). Conclusion: It is necessary to increase the knowledge level of the students about the intravenous catheter care. To do this, students should be encouraged to use visual learning techniques and simulation application methods as well as their theoretical training on the subject. Key Words: İntravenous catheter, Peripheric intravenous catheter, Nurse, Phlebitis